Timing is very important. I had a job that was as likely to require me to report to work at 3:00pm one day as 3:00am the next. My alarm would go off, and I would wake up trying to remember whether it was daytime or nighttime. The longer I studied the situation, the more likely I was to go back […]
Jesus answered, “Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it up in three days.” (John 2:19 Holman Christian Standard Bible ®©) When humans informed Jesus that they did not want Emmanuel, that they did not want Yahweh to dwell among them, He responded with a declaration that they could not drive His love out of the earth. They could kill […]
For although we are walking in the flesh, we do not wage war in a fleshly way, since the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to the obedience of […]
Therefore, do not let your good be slandered, for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Whoever serves the Messiah in this way is acceptable to God and approved by men. So then, we must pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another. (Romans 14:16-20 Holman Christian […]
Jesus was slain from the foundation of the earth (Revelation 13:8). If Jesus, while He was 2 years old, had been killed by Herod when he tried, His blood would still have been effective at paying for the sin of the world. Yahweh was merciful, and spared Him to a fullness of time – when He had taught people how […]
For a few centuries, we have been confused about what “holy” means. Most of the people who have anything to say about the subject are offering their version of what rules it means keeping. What Yahweh means by the idea is “set apart.” The three parts of what it implies are 1) the item or person, which is 2) set […]
Entering the Kingdom is not going to heaven. It is stepping into the place of the authority of Jesus, and obeying His instruction and command in that place. “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father in heaven. On that day many will […]
There may be no greater prayers than, “Lord, teach us to pray,” and “Lord, teach us to listen,” and “Lord, teach us to obey.”
An ebenezer (“stone of help”) is a marker on a point in time or space (or both) commemorating an intervention by Yahweh that delivered us when we needed His help. It can range in value and influence from a reminder of His greatness to a symbol we worship in our past. Its greatest value would be to prompt us to […]
When our prayers start to advance beyond fixing our broken stuff and empty bank accounts to asking for preparation and opportunities that are related to being servants of the King of Heaven and Earth, we will not have to pray as much for our broken stuff and empty bank accounts: “This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your […]